Epidaurus
E23578
Epidaurus is an ancient Greek city renowned for its healing sanctuary of Asclepius and its remarkably well-preserved theater, a masterpiece of classical architecture and acoustics.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epidaurus canonical | 26 |
| Epidaurus archaeological site | 1 |
| Epidaurus municipality | 1 |
| Epidavros | 1 |
| Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus | 1 |
| ancient site of Epidaurus | 1 |
| archaeological site of Epidaurus | 1 |
| healing sanctuary of Asclepius | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156976 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epidaurus Context triple: [Ancient Greek religion, hasMajorSanctuary, Epidaurus]
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A.
Theatre of Delphi
The Theatre of Delphi is an ancient Greek open-air theater built into the hillside of the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, renowned for its panoramic views over the valley and its role in religious festivals and dramatic performances.
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B.
Gymnasium of Delphi
The Gymnasium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic and training complex located below the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletes prepared for competitions associated with the famous oracle and Panhellenic games.
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C.
Delos
Delos is a sacred Aegean island revered in ancient Greek religion as the legendary birthplace of Apollo and Artemis and a major religious and commercial center.
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D.
Pella, Greece
Pella, Greece is an ancient city in northern Greece that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon and the birthplace of Alexander the Great.
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E.
Eleusis
Eleusis was an ancient Greek city renowned as the center of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important secret religious cults of the classical world dedicated to Demeter and Persephone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epidaurus Target entity description: Epidaurus is an ancient Greek city renowned for its healing sanctuary of Asclepius and its remarkably well-preserved theater, a masterpiece of classical architecture and acoustics.
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A.
Theatre of Delphi
The Theatre of Delphi is an ancient Greek open-air theater built into the hillside of the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, renowned for its panoramic views over the valley and its role in religious festivals and dramatic performances.
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B.
Gymnasium of Delphi
The Gymnasium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic and training complex located below the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletes prepared for competitions associated with the famous oracle and Panhellenic games.
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C.
Delos
Delos is a sacred Aegean island revered in ancient Greek religion as the legendary birthplace of Apollo and Artemis and a major religious and commercial center.
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D.
Pella, Greece
Pella, Greece is an ancient city in northern Greece that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon and the birthplace of Alexander the Great.
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E.
Eleusis
Eleusis was an ancient Greek city renowned as the center of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important secret religious cults of the classical world dedicated to Demeter and Persephone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greek theatre
ⓘ
ancient Greek medicine ⓘ |
| associatedWithPractice | incubation (dream healing) ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Classical Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic Greece
|
| dedicatedTo | Asclepius ⓘ |
| function |
healing center
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ religious sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Epidaurus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus
Temple of Artemis ⓘ Temple of Asclepius ⓘ Theatre of Epidaurus ⓘ Tholos of Epidaurus ⓘ stadium of Epidaurus ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
abaton (dormitory for incubation)
ⓘ
baths ⓘ circular Tholos building ⓘ guest houses ⓘ gymnasium ⓘ |
| knownFor |
classical Greek architecture
ⓘ
Epidaurus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
healing sanctuary of Asclepius
remarkable acoustics of its theatre ⓘ well-preserved ancient theatre ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argolis
ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Saronic Gulf ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Asclepius ⓘ |
| modernMunicipality |
Epidaurus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Epidavros
|
| modernRegionalUnit | Argolis regional unit ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
exceptional preservation of theatre seating and stage area
ⓘ
outstanding natural setting in a valley surrounded by hills ⓘ |
| otherDeity |
Apollo Maleatas
ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient region of Argolis ⓘ |
| periodOfFlourishing |
4th century BC
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | true ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1988 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Epidaurus Description of subject: Epidaurus is an ancient Greek city renowned for its healing sanctuary of Asclepius and its remarkably well-preserved theater, a masterpiece of classical architecture and acoustics.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
First National Assembly of Epidaurus
this entity surface form:
Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus
this entity surface form:
healing sanctuary of Asclepius
this entity surface form:
Epidavros
subject surface form:
Asclepiades
this entity surface form:
Epidaurus archaeological site
this entity surface form:
Epidaurus municipality
subject surface form:
Stadium of Epidaurus
this entity surface form:
archaeological site of Epidaurus
subject surface form:
Temple of Artemis at Epidaurus
this entity surface form:
ancient site of Epidaurus